Thanks for the welcome, much appreciated. However, I'm sort of becoming hesistant about converting. Simply because the things I would want my IPhone to be able to do would cost more. Pardon if this strays too far off topic, but I'll explain.
I am very much a Qwerty keyboard person. Would have to spend an extra $70 to order one. Am one who likes my privacy, not getting calls or texts from people not in contacts. The best app for that would require jailbreaking (something another member said cannot be done right now to the 4S) your IPhone. I'm not sure if that's a risk worth taking. Just don't know.
Thanks for reading.